Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its manifestation in dress and equipage alone, obtain for… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We are determined not to take as the aim of our life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure, nor to accumulate wealth… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
What we need is a world full of miracles, like the miracle of seeing the young child seeking work and independence, and… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Your wealth isn't measured by the cash on hand, it's by the hand you give to those in need. The little things… — Michael Kilby Copy Share Image
“You live among this ridiculous wealth and you get lost. You worry about nonsense like spirituality and inner health and satisfaction and… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
According to bourgeois standards, those who are completely unlucky and unsuccessful are automatically barred from competition, which is the life of society.… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
There are, while human miseries abound, A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth, Without one fool or flatterer at your board, Without… — John Armstrong Copy Share Image
Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Realisation of love can never come so long as there is the least desire in the heart, or what Shri Ramakrishna used… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
This perhaps was what lay at the root of the hysteria surrounding what came to be known as the Gold Rush: Men… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
My biggest surprise of the year does involve Donald Trump and it involves his money. And I am one of the prominent… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Those in authority within institutions and social structures attempt to justify their rule by linking it, as if it were a necessary… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
Ought a man to be confident that he deserves his good fortune, and think much of himself when he has overcome a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It wasn't simply that Clinton created the greatest prosperity in the country's history. Or that we created 22 million new jobs, more… — Sidney Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Life without hope, the slavery of mankind-a bondage so hopeless that slaves will no longer know they are slaves. Wealth without happiness,… — Mika Copy Share Image
Chavez's oil is unimportant for Bolivia... We are not dependent on Venezuela. We complement each other. Venezuela shares its wealth with other… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
One of the ideas that I wanted to highlight, which is actually a very bipartisan idea - it's not just about conservatives… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
The measure of the wealth of a nation is indicated by the measure of its protection of its industry; the measure of… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
Your life is a reflection of your past thoughts. That includes all the great things, and all the things you consider not… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
Everything has an opportunity cost, and the big things we want in life - like happiness and healthy relationships and wealth -… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
We got so much food in America we're allergic to food. Allergic to food! Hungry people ain't allergic to shit. You think… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Romney was an excellent businessman with a strong record as a public servant - whereas Trump inherited wealth, went bankrupt more than… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
Truly wealthy people develop the habit of "getting rich slow" rather than "getting rich quick." To assure this, they have two rules… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
We live in a world where economic positions - income and wealth - are very unevenly distributed, and this leads to the… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
People watch 'The Social Network,' and what they hone in on is the wealth and the parties and the excitement, and they… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
The idea that full employment without property ownership will solve the world's problems is utter nonsense. The Keynesian concept that the function… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
I have drifted away from thinking about these philanthropic things. And it was only as the wealth got large enough and Melinda… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“As far as I am concerned, I know that I have lost not wealth but distractions. The body’s needs are few: it… — Seneca Copy Share Image
Ah, fortune and fame shall follow me ... and I shall dwell in the world of the chosen for a few moments… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The fact is that life has become a sweepstake. Millions of people who have lost the sense of being able to make… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought,… — Thornton T. Munger Copy Share Image
“How can I be secure? (Pause.) Through amassing wealth beyond all measure? No. And what’s beyond measure? That’s a sickness. That’s a… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
We need to keep a very keen eye on our own government. It's getting too rich and redistributing wealth is a sure… — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship, even if you try hard not to be. I've… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
The dogs in our lives, the dogs we come to love and who (we fervently believe) love us in return, offer more… — Marjorie Garber Copy Share Image
